SCA: security update for org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch (GHSA-62ww-4p3p-7fhj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411130

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Elasticsearch versions before 7.11.2 and 6.8.15 contain a document disclosure flaw was found in the
Elasticsearch suggester and profile API when Document and Field Level Security are enabled. The suggester
and profile API are normally disabled for an index when document level security is enabled on the index.
Certain queries are able to enable the profiler and suggester which could lead to disclosing the existence
of documents and fields the attacker should not be able to view. (CVE-2021-22135)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62ww-4p3p-7fhj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411130

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22135

cwe: CWE-200